The 1922 'Pact' Election

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The 1922 'Pact' Election

In June 1922, the people of Ireland went to the polls. Collins and De Valera signed a pact that candidates on both sides would not fight the campaign as pro- …

A cartoon from the Freeman's Journal attacking de Valera. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Press, Propaganda and the Treaty split

Attendees at the 1922 Dublin Horse Show. Photo: Getty Images

Class warfare: was there a social basis to the Civil War divide?

The Irish voters pouring cold water on de Valera, as illustrated in a contemporary cartoon that was reproduced in a handbill by the pro-Treaty side. Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Taking Sides? How voters responded to the "pact election"

NAI, DE/9/6/1 (41-42): Select Constitutions of the World.
Draft manuscript cover page for publication

Practicalities of the future: the 1922 Constitution Committee

About the Civil War project

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Before the election: Treaty debates and the IRA Convention

Certificate of the (Anglo-Irish) Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, signed 6th December 1921, to be submitted to Dáil Éireann for ratification by Arthur Griffith. Image courtesy of National Library of Ireland

How the Treaty debate changed Irish politics forever

Countess Markievicz and Kathleen Lynn in 1921 during the Treaty Debates

'Women of Character': Female TDs and the Treaty Debates

Michael Collins around the time of the signing of the Treaty

Michael Collins: From Treaty to Civil War

A defiant gathering: the 1922 IRA Convention